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By: James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
A group that advocates in favor of Alaska’s nonpartisan judicial system has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Mike Dunleavy, alleging that he illegally appointed a member to the board that nominates candidates for the state’s judicial vacancies.
The suit, filed Wednesday in Anchorage Superior Court by Alaskans for Fair Courts, claims Dunleavy violated the constitution and state law when he picked John W. Wood — also named as a defendant — for a public seat on the Alaska Judicial Council.
Under the state constitution, the council consists of three non-attorneys picked by the governor and three attorneys selected by the Alaska Bar Association. In addition, whoever holds the office of chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court sits as the council’s chair.
The council accepts applications for judicial vacancies, vets those applicants for merit using nonpartisan metrics, then submits a list of nominees to the governor for final selection.
Wood was picked for a non-attorney seat on the board but is a former attorney, making him ineligible to serve, the suit alleges. In addition, the suit says Wood is ineligible because he held a “position of profit” with the state when appointed in May.
State records show Wood has served as a state contractor, receiving more than $132,000 this year. The most recent payment is listed as June 6.
Alaskans for Fair Courts also claims that Wood is ineligible because he has not been confirmed by the Legislature.
Wood was appointed during this year’s legislative session, but after lawmakers had voted on confirmations for the year, the suit claims, meaning that Wood’s appointment should not be considered a recess appointment subject to confirmation next year.
“If the governor were to appoint a (judge) nominee selected by a judicial council that is not properly constituted … the resulting legal deficiency … could subject actions taken by the new judge to challenge by litigants,” the suit claims.
It asks that the Anchorage Superior Court issue an order declaring that Wood is ineligible, and that his appointment is void.
In a written statement, Attorney General Treg Taylor said the state hasn’t yet been served with the lawsuit and can’t comment on the merits.
About the timing issue, Taylor said, “The Governor has the ability to appoint three members to the Judicial Council, and the Alaska Bar Association appoints the other three members to provide a 50/50 balance on the Council. The Council then nominates judges for the Governor’s selection with any ties on the Council being broken by the Chief Justice. It is important that the Council have this balanced perspective as it moves forward with its work. Having to wait almost a full year before seating a Governor’s appointee, as the Alaskans for Fair Courts argues, upsets that balance and doesn’t seem so fair.”
Dunleavy has seemingly violated the state constitution’s judicial nomination process before.
In 2019, he failed to appoint a judge under the timeline required by the constitution, which was part of the basis of a failed attempt to recall him from office. In 2021, he called for the council to add a nominee in addition to the three it had forwarded to him for a seat on the Supreme Court. The constitution does not allow governors to appoint someone from outside of the council’s list of nominees. He ultimately did by the constitutional deadline in that instance.
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Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant, fans are declaring with total confidence after a recent bikini photo.
But what does Kourt herself have to say?
The mother of four has enjoyed and adventurous summer vacation with her husband. One indirect selfie may have shown more of her to fans than she intended.
Take a look for yourself and decide how you feel about the fan speculation.
Is Kourtney Kardashian pregnant?
On Thursday, July 17, Kourtney Kardashian shared a massive series of photos with fans.
In the Instagram snaps, she showed off her summer vacation trip to Italy.
“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie,” Kourt captioned the images.
One photo in particular caught the eye of many.
Not because it was showcasing the gorgeous views of Italy, but because it was showcasing a gorgeous view of Kourtney herself.
Kourt showed off her gorgeous body in a bikini. But some of her fans and followers speculated that she was also soft-launching a brand new pregnancy.
Here is what fans (and Kourtney) are saying:
“You can tell from the bikini reflection photo kourtney is pregnant again,” proclaimed one follower.
This comment was not elsewhere on social media, but boldly appears in Kourtney Kardashian’s mentions.
The photo in question shows Kourt snapping a selfie of her own reflection, showing her bikini body and the gorgeous Mediterranean water behind her.
Kourtney replied to the speculation that she is not only pregnant but visibly pregnant.
“Or breastfeeding, eating gelato, focaccia, pasta, not working out, and living my best damn life baby,” she listed.
Those aren’t merely a list of alternative explanations for Kourt’s figure.
It’s a description of having a wonderful time on vacation.
Is there a lesson to learn from all of this?
Bikini selfie or no bikini selfie, perhaps there is a valuable lesson in all of this. Not for Kourtney Kardashian, who knows that people will speculate wildly, but for fans.
You don’t actually know if someone’s pregnant until they tell you.
And it’s super rude to speculate about someone having a baby bump right to their face. Yes, the comments under their Instagram are “right to their face.”
Talk about people behind their backs — it’s more polite. Sort of.
Kourtney Kardashian Pregnant? Fans Spy Possible Baby Bump in Italy Selfie was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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Andy Bryon is resigning — in hilarious disgrace.
On Saturday, the Astronomer CEO stepped away permanently from his position after two people (strongly!) believed to be him and another member of his company’s executive team were involved in a viral moment at a recent Coldplay concert in Massachusetts.
For those whose Internet connection was out all week, here is a quick recap of what led to this decision…
During Coldplay’s aforementioned show a few days ago, a camera swung around and caught Byron hugging his HR boss, Kristin Cabot, from behind.
As the big screen focused on them, Byron quickly hid behind a barrier while Cabot covered her face with her hands. They were clearly embarrassed and in shock and seemingly very afraid of being seen acting in such a cozy manner.
“Either they’re having an affair or they’re very shy!” said lead singer Chris Martin as the crowd laughed loudly… and videos of the awkward moment then spread quickly online.
Days later, Byron was placed on leave by Astronomer, which said it was conducting an investigation into his behavior.
Fast forward to July 19 and this statement from the company:
Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO.
We try not to laugh often at the personal lives of individuals on this website — but Andy Byron is a millionaire who headed up a billion-dollar business…
… and has now been forced out of his position because he was captured on camera canoodling with his co-working sidepiece at a concert in front of thousands of people, and whose name never would have been known if he and said sidepiece had just acted all cool and normal when they saw themselves on screen.
It’s objectively an incredible turn of events.
“Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,” the company previously wrote on X in response to the scandal.
“Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability. The Board of Directors has initiated a formal investigation into this matter and we will have additional details to share very shortly.”
The DataOps platform also shut down speculation that Byron had previously spoken out in a fake written statement that began circulating the internet one day after the ordeal.
In the past 36 hours, more than 22,000 news articles were written about Astronomer and roughly 9,000 were written about Byron, according to Muck Rack data.
They say no publicity is bad publicity, but… well… is that really always the case?!?
In the wake of what certainly appears to be an instance of infidelity, Byron’s wife changed her last name on Facebook and then deleted her account.
Astronomer is the company behind Astro, “the industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Apache Airflow,” per its company website.
It was estimated to be worth between $1.2 and $1.3 billion after its Series D funding round in May 2025.
Andy Byron Resigns from Astronomer Days After Coldplay Catches Him in Apparent Affair was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.
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